The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. ~from Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot Eliot goes on
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A few years ago I answered the questions on a “What’s Your Footprint?” test on a website that gave points or demerits in accordance with how choices you made in your lifestyle affected the earth. I ended up with a negative footprint. How is that? Is it mounded up instead
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“You’re really the cat lady, aren’t you?” accompanied by an eye roll. “No, I’m not the cat lady.” “Come on, you have all those cats and you talk about cats all the time, you’re a cat lady, admit it!” “What if I had ‘all those dogs’ and talked about dogs
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On March 25, 2011, I fell in love. Or I realized I had fallen in love long before. Probably the first time I saw the tiny black cat out on the sidewalk, or later in my garden, or outside the basement door silently communicating with Kelly, or a dozen other
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Years ago, while I was still working in my day job, I also did a fair amount of freelancing in design, art and writing. One place I’d had a few short pieces published was Organic Gardening Magazine in the late 80s and early 90s, mostly concerning gardening but also an
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Giuseppe took a beating from me this week, picked up and squeezed, flipped over and pummeled, his skin pulled and kneaded in great handfuls, even his ears and tail and legs pulled and stretched in different directions. But he’s a big sturdy kitty and can take this sort of treatment,
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I met with Deb Chebatoris of Chartiers Custom Pet Cremation one night, riding with her to a presentation as we discussed the evening’s event and upcoming work I’d be doing for her. As always when I talk to Deb, our conversation is interrupted by phone calls. “I have to take
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Every year the winter opens up to a few days of warm intoxicating sun and mud in January or February, and I’ve run outside to celebrate the day. In 2012 it was February 5, two days after Cookie died, and as I enjoyed the warm day and remembered this poem,
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We’ve had a lovely morning here with good breakfasts and lots of play, time in the kitchen and time to watch the birds, time for the human to let her mind wander, unfocused, while she absently photographs and sketches a clowder of inspiring cats. The morning has turned mild with
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This was one of my very first posts on The Creative Cat a little over four years ago—here is little Peaches just being herself, the Fantastic Four were 18 months old and playing in the bathroom, Cookie and Namir were right there with me but keeping out of the camera
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